The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights

Publisher:  Between the Lines
Year Published:  2004
ISBN:  1-896357-91-1
  Dewey:  305.42
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX8434

Vivid testimonies from courageous women and men around the world explain why, even in this 'post-femininst' age, women's rights are still very much an issue -- for men and women alike.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Nawal El Saadawi
Introduction

1 The new war on women
2 Birth and death
3 Poverty, development and work
4 Shopping and talking: woman as global consumer
5 Women and the environment: making the long march longer
6 Power, politics and the law
7 Literacy and learning: make education your husband
8 Double jeopardy: violence against women
9 Sexuality, relationships and old age
10 Organized women

The end and the beginning
Contacts
Index

Subject Headings

• Abortion
• Birth
• Childbearing
• Feminism
• Marriage
• Maternal & Child Health
• Women & Work
• Women's Issues
• Women's Rights